Motor-plow.



` B. F. GHAVELY, In.

MOTOR PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. ISIS.

l ,207,539 n Paemed Dec. 5, ISII.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

uo'ronfrtow. LQEQ, Specification.einetterslatent Patented De@ 5,' lgl,

Apputaanmea s'iaembep s, 1915. sei-iarnaaeje )faalt aaamfimayapaemf 'mayi" be' vente desired? nach '0f. ;t h e elementair'. ennvnnfa'n., or erHanLn sroN',j Wnem Waerme.

"Be it lmow'n that enact description of drawings wherein '."a horizo tal' section of the plow'.

'and I vlolfieleljfy 'de-" elarejtheollowing tobe'f'a 111115 clear, and thefinvention',,such as' will enable others skilled in the art to, which make and use thesameg. flhis'irention relates to motor plow s. The, ebjectfof the invention is to provide A but a single traction'fwheel and.' anvwhieh-t e' inotr is-"so"A arrange' Vthat the-plow be properlyjhalanced when ,.'passing Q Verr the ground. A further objeet of the 'l'nvention 1s ,to 'rovic'ie a motorf-.plew ofthe ltype@named Which'will embed-y comp aratively 'few parte? 'will-be simple" in 'constrinzto'n, *use .and 'which can comparatively SmallV beI manufactured at sa. cost.f f With .the above and other objects tn new thecletailsfofcom" binat'ion' (if-"parts to and particularly pointed out -in .the apppende elaim. f In describing the invention in-detail reference will be' had to fthe" accompanying like characters 'of referce denote corsponding'parts inthe sev' eralvews and in whiehff 1 f Figure ,1 is 'af side/elevation 'of a motor plow zconstrilcted'- in accordance with the a view similarvto Fig. 1

' the-plow; and Fig. 4,

' ,Referring Y to thedrawings the l() which-isrotatably mounted upon Va tubi;-

lar axle '11, roller bearings 12 benginter.-

hub f thewheel 10 and secured to this frameis a beam'.

14:.'carrying .a plow 15. It will-.be noted ments in M0to1'Plows;

shaft or axle "11 whereby balanced: The motor'A `inelndes' a er-ank shaft 2O which extends through' the f bore of the axlel 1 1 and 'has'X'ed-Ion thelencl- [19' a Hy 'Wheel v251' having a face'Y 22. TheY crank shaft' `2'O is held Ain the interior- Wall offthe '23; 2 4vhich'.

' meshes 'with` a gear the crank 'sha-ft. 2 0.'

. thereto' a friction' operate-With the c improved,.- l'plow isshown as comprising atraction wheel ..g

beams oa'rriesf aI bracket 16 in which` is".-

rotatably monn'ted 'a' ground., -Wheel -1-7. Mounted upon ftl1'e trame thereoi-is a -Inotor A Jef the explosive type and including: cylinders ILS-'and 19'. disposed= '1 3 at. one side" diametrically opposite with -respect'to the' the 'plowV will be propel? thereof remote from the `cylinders 1 8' and beveled clutch `spaced relation to axle. 11 by means4 et Fixed-'Qn the wheel. 1.0 is 'a gear roller 'bearingsX rotatgiblyjniounted inftliefr'alne 12s.' Also fixerlon the shaft' 26 isjfafgear-- 42 7wif'hch 28j loosely vmounted on This gear Wheel for the prp'ose of connecting the gear rvith the .crank shaft 2.0. The clutbh 25J-is normally 'held in clutohingpositien'byf means ef a spring.30 one enti of which bears against a ball bearing-collarontheshaft 2 0,

an -theotherend against the gear 28. The

clutch 29 i's adapted Ato be nrovell ont. of clutchingv position 'against' the influence; of

.thespring 30 'by means of alever' l'p-ivoted rotatably '.'di'sposed" upon the 'gear= 2 8. long heldl againSt mowfementj longitndinally Assuming in -it Willbe -apparent rotated' and thisrotati tothe wheel 10 through ears.2 8,27,25'a'nd124. What is -.claimed Vis "In a motorp'lowg; thef combination of' a mounted on theaxle, -a frame fixed axle, :an eXplosiVe -motor' mounted frame and including a pair'of cylinders-dis posed diametri'callyl. emacs-sitel with respect to 'et' traction .wheel rotatably on the.' on the-V- the kvngtudimn axis of thel axle, a crank shaft in S rrvrtor and extending through the boro of said axle, and conneotions be` tween said @yank shaft and the traction Wheel for rotating the latter, said comme tionS oeing disposed on the opposite Side of tho fame' from the motor. 

